UAH 163.78 billion as capital investment was attracted to Ukraine’s economy in the first half of 2020, down by 30% YoY, State Statistics Service reported. In particular, UAH 63.26 billion was attracted to industry (-37.2%); UAH 20.68 billion to construction (-22.9%); UAH 14.54 billion to agriculture, forestry and fisheries (-44.5%); UAH 13.31 billion to wholesale…
Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins hopes the government will be able to approve next year’s budget framework as soon as next week, as the politician admitted in a conversation with journalists after meeting with coalition partners on September 7. The prime minister explained that the next year’s state budget would be the main topic of government…
Ukraine intends to resume and expand agricultural exports, attract Chinese investment in agricultural, industrial and technology parks in Ukraine, infrastructure and energy projects, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna has said during a meeting with with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Ukraine Fan Xianrong. “90% of corn imported by…
Tax collection in Latvia continued to improve in August, securing 8% more to the state budget when compared to the same month of 2019, according to the report from Fiscal Discipline Council (FDP). The council stresses that collection of compulsory state social insurance contributions has improved. “This means the previous outlook, about the lowest point…
The value of trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Switzerland amounted to $902.2 million over the first five months of 2020, compared to $1.1 billion during the same period of 2019, the Statistics Committee reported. The share of Switzerland in the total value of Kazakhstan’s trade turnover stood at less than 2.6% during the reporting period…
Compared to July 2019, manufacturing production output rose by 1.8% in July 2020. Production output increase was also in mining and quarrying (of 11.5%), but in electricity and gas supply there was a drop of 14.1%). Total industrial production output increased by 0.1%. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, production output rise…
Minister of Finance Martin Helme (EKRE) said at a government press conference that Estonia had a deficit budget this year and would likely have one in several years to come. An extension of wage support for the tourism industry is not on the cards. Helme added that if the wish were to balance the state…